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National women's team, 1956

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National women's team, 1956

This is the 1956 New Zealand women's representative indoor basketball team and their coach. The team included former star athlete Yvette Williams (front right) and future star netballer Lois Muir.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1956/1446-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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John Saker, Basketball – Origins and growth, 1908 to 1950s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39888/national-womens-team-1956 (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by John Saker, published 3 December 2012, updated 1 October 2015.